The Fate of the Americans is Unique
Written in 1835, Alexis de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America" epic is still relevant today. On July 29, he would have been 200 years old, and to mark the occasion, DW-WORLD conducted a fictional interview with him. Alexis de Tocqueville was born near Paris in 1805. He studied law and became a judge. At the age of 26, he was commissioned by the French government to research the legal and penal systems in the United States. He spent 1831 and 1832 in America and published the two volumes of his bestseller "Democracy in America" in 1835 and 1840 once he was back in France. He is still considered an expert on the US. He died in Cannes in 1859. The answers in this fictional interview are quotes taken from his work.
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